Bella's First Day

Mood: relieved

I just spoke with Bella (she's still at work, planning for tomorrow), and it sounds like her first day as a real ("real" meaning "paid") teacher went well. I am so happy, and a bit relieved, I must confess. I knew Bella could do this, but she doesn't have faith in herself sometimes. Now that she's in the midst of teaching, I know she will feel better.

I happen to be downloading a free album by Thyrfing. Thyrfing? I dunno. They're a Death Metal band. I am still oddly attracted to the contrast of the almost symphonic music and the growling vocals. Yes, I am perfectly happy being eclectic in my musical tastes.

I've had a perfectly lazy day and it feels good. Tomorrow I will be out and about. First I have to pick up and cash my paycheck, then go to my best friend's birthday barbecue. Hopefully it's not supposed to be too hot tomorrow.

Didn't go on a bike ride. By the time I was feeling up to it, it was already too hot.

Well, I'm off to do a little more relaxin' with Mister Rogers.

WAP

Mood: sleepy

I'm tired from a long, hot day at work. But I am looking forward to the next two days off, and Friday is PAYDAY!

When I should probably be getting to bed early, I've been downloading things on my cell phone. WAP is the big acronym of the day. I've hunted down two WAP-enabled sites offering free downloads:

wap.getjar.com - for games and apps
www.polyphonicringtonez.com/wap - for polyphonic ring tones... duh!

I may take a joy(bike)ride down Riverwalk early tomorrow, before it gets hot. But we'll see if I can get myself up early enough. I may just sleep in. Ha!

I need to spend some quality time with Ibby. He really seems to be eating up the extra attention I've been giving him lately.

Tomorrow is Bella's first day with her new students. She's very anxious about the whole thing, but I know she'll do fine. She always does. I have such great faith in her; I know she can do anything! She's amazing.

Well, I'm off to watch a little Huell Howser and Mister Rogers, either of which could (will) be interrupted by the backsides of my eyelids.

Ibby's Pedicure

Mood: proud

I feel like a proud daddy. I needed to cut Ibby's toe nails, and he was pretty well behaved for it. Well, I did have to snatch him at one point, but then he was calm and had accepted his fate. After I finished, I hugged him to let him know that I still love him, even though I have to cut him up once in a while. He showed his love by insisting on staying in the crook of my arm, checking my shirt for worms. So I set him on his playground (he's starting to associate it with food), and went to the fridge for some meal worms. He saw the container, flew to my shoulder, ran down my arm and started digging through the grain the worms are kept in--and making a mess--only to come up with a shrivelled piece of lettuce. I started picking the worms out for him as he told me, "You're so cute!" After hand feeding him several, I let him dig around more to find his own. That's his natural behaviour, after all, so it's good to let him practice it now and then.

Let me just mention (again?) that I am ecstatic that Ibby can fly again, after continually breaking his primary feathers.

Oh, I cleaned Pip's aquarium, while I was at it. He really didn't seem scared of the turkey baster-turned-poop vacuum. Or maybe he just thought I couldn't see him behind that little plastic plant. I thought I heard a voice declaring, "He'll never find me back here!" Poor little guy didn't realize he was practically in plain view....

I sent out a mass email with my new email address and my cell phone number. If I missed anyone, my appy polly logies. (Clockwork Orange reference.)

Hmmm....

Mood: considering

Under consideration is the change, yet again, of my email address. This has been brought on by the discovery that Yahoo Mail can be accessed via my new cell phone. This is most intriguing! And seeing as I receive very few emails anyway, it probably wouldn't be a problem to switch. I may just try it!

Bella is very worried about teaching, and the only reason I'm writing this rather than comforting her is because she is temporarily distracted by taking care of her niece. But I'll have to keep this short.

Apparently my audio posts are working again. I did a test one this morning, and I assumed it didn't work. But then I heard Bella playing it! How exciting....